On 10 October 2007, Addisons reported on proposed amendments to the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) ("Corporations Act") dealing with mutual recognition of securities offerings between Australia and New Zealand.

Whether settlement terms operate as a release of obligations depends upon the proper construction of the document. .

It was alleged that Crown Casino had provided Mr Kakavas, a known problem gambler, with various inducements to gamble.

The launch of the National Business Names Register will simplify the registration of business names in Australia.

Late last year, the Parliamentary Secretary for Health and Ageing, the Hon Catherine King MP, announced a thorough review of the way in which the regulatory processes and decisions of the TGA are communicated. The aim of the review is to improve the transparency of the TGA which, it is thought, will in turn improve the public's confidence in the TGA.

It is very common for insolvent companies, in particular, to have deficient books and records.

From 1 January 2011, the Trade Practices Act 1974 (TPA), a key feature of the Australian commercial law landscape, was replaced by the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (CCA).

2012 marked an overhaul of the way that security interests (other than real property) are dealt with in Australian law.

The European Commission has recently approved a list of 222 permitted health claims which may be used in respect of food.

The domain name space is set for a dramatic change when the new proposed generic top level domains are introduced.

The Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy has reviewed the Interactive Gambling Act 2001.

Media comments suggest that Australian sports may be at risk of match-fixing attempts from overseas betting interests.

The latest edition highlights and comments upon new developments and their implications for the direct selling sector.

The Full Federal Court has recently found that a complex arrangement involving the entry into a deed by an insolvent debtor, and payments to particular creditors under that deed, was an uncommercial transaction and voidable.

The Chairman of ACMA has announced that the licensee of 2DayFM had breached the Commercial Radio Codes of Conduct.

A product safety survey indicated that the cosmetics products contained dangerous levels of microbial contamination.

The message from the ASX is clear - listed entities should consider seeking trading halts more often.

Copyright does not subsist in a computer generated database or one compiled by humans with strict rules about content.

Telecommunications company iiNet became the first publicly listed company to pay an ACL infringement notice penalty.

The central recommendation is that a new part be added to the Crimes Act to provide for offences for cheating in sport.